Peyton Manning urged the Dolphins to acquire Julius Thomas

Before the Dolphins acquired Julius Thomas, they checked his references. And one of those references, Peyton Manning, told them just what they wanted to hear.

Dolphins offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen has coached Manning and wanted a quarterback’s perspective on how Thomas is as a teammate. Christensen told the Palm Beach Post that they loved what Manning told them about Thomas always wanting to put in extra work to get better.

“[Manning] talked a lot about [Thomas asking], ‘Would you stay out and help me with this? Take me through this. Would you watch a little tape with me? Would you explain what you want on this?’ And he still does the same thing. I’ll see him in Coach Gase’s office and his questions are right. His questions and his process are right, which as a coach, [is what] you’re looking for,” Christensen told the Palm Beach Post.

Christensen emerged from his conversation with Manning convinced that Thomas can play in Miami the way he did in Denver, where he was a Pro Bowler in both of his seasons as a starter, and not the way he did in Jacksonville, where he was a disappointment as a free agent signing.

“Hearing Peyton talk about him and what he meant to the offense, Gase knows him inside out. Gase knows exactly what he’s getting and knows how to use him. [Gase] used him extremely well out there in Denver. I have great confidence that we will get that. It’s not a speculation. There’s some – as you like to say – empirical data. There’s data we can see, see him do it [and] see the things we need him to do. That always is encouraging,” Christensen said.

We’ll see this season whether Ryan Tannehill comes to like Thomas as much as Manning does.

Obviously Peyton is a great recommendation. It also needs to be taken into account, though, that Julius Thomas was a healthy 25-26 year old working for a big payday during this time with Manning. He’s now 29, paid, and coming off two injury plagued seasons where he was out of shape.

I’m no NFL expert, although I did predict the Packers would get embarrassed by 20+ points in the NFCCG, but I’m pretty sure Ryan Tannehill is not in the same universe as Peyton Manning. Seems like Gase is the only connection here that makes sense and/or matters.

bullcharger says:
May 8, 2017 1:37 PM
patsfan4lifesbchamps says:
May 8, 2017 1:18 PM
Like Brady is a product of the Patriots system, Thomas was a product of Manning’s​ system. I don’t see him succeed anywhere else.

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Brady succeed

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So can other QBs playing in the Patriots system. Garoppolo and Brissette went 3-1 including wins against 2 playoff teams just last year. That’s success by any measure you use.

patsfan4lifesbchamps says:
May 8, 2017 1:18 PM
Like Brady is a product of the Patriots system, Thomas was a product of Manning’s​ system. I don’t see him succeed anywhere else.
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Hello, that was Gase’s system.

VenerableAxiom says:
May 8, 2017 2:02 PM
patsfan4lifesbchamps says:
May 8, 2017 1:18 PM
Like Brady is a product of the Patriots system, Thomas was a product of Manning’s​ system. I don’t see him succeed anywhere else.
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Hello, that was Gase’s system.
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Sure it was…in the huddle. At the line, Manning changed everything up based on what he saw. Outside of personnel packages, it was more Manning’s system than Gase’s